Intel 82815 Video Display

[Chris G]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:57:36PM +0000, harveytaylor2008 at comcast.net wrote:
> From: Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca>
> > Chris G wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
> > >> harveytaylor2008 at comcast.net wrote:
> > >>> I am having issues with Ubuntu 8.10 and my video card. I am able to get 
> > 800x600 only and I am not able to make changes to documents, etc due to the fact 
> > of my limit screen. Can anyone help?
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Make sure X is using the intel driver...not any other one. In my
> > >> experience with Intel 82865 on-board video. the intel driver is the only
> > >> one that works properly. It gives me 1650x1080 on my LG Flatron monitor.
> > >>
> > > My experience with the Intel drivers and a motherboard with the Intel
> > > G31 chipset is bad.  The new 'no xorg.conf' setup gets very lost on my
> > > system and although X itself is stable when I exit (to the gdm login
> > > screen) it sometimes crashes.  I also can't get CTRL/ALT/n to work at
> > > all, it goes to an unusable video mode.
> > 
> >   The 82815 is much older than the G31 express chipset.
> >   I also don't like the self-configuring of xorg...but thems the breaks :)
> > 
> > > 
> > > I think there's something decidedly lacking still in the way that the
> > > Intel drivers configure themselves to the screen resolution.
> > > 
> > 
> >    Could be...but the intel driver works like a champion here.
> > 
> Which Intel driver?? That's probably where the confusion starts. There are 2 from Intel and 2 from X server.  As far as I can tell, what I was told, is that there seems to be an issue with VESA not reading the card at all.
> 
Well in my case it's the Intel driver you get given when you install
Ubuntu! What else would I mean?  Apart from anything else with the
new, nearly empty, xorg.conf file there's nowhere to *specify* an
alternative driver.

-- 
Chris Green